The Paleontology of North America

The Precambrian in Massachusetts, US

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undifferentiated rock units

See exposures in this state from the:
Quaternary
Tertiary
Cretaceous
Jurassic
Triassic
Permian
Carboniferous
Devonian
Silurian
Ordovician
Cambrian
Precambrian

Precambrian Fossils

No slide show is available for the Precambrian in Massachusetts.

Paleontology and geology

Rocks of Precambrian age are found in a broad band through the Berkshire Mountains in the western part of the state and in large parts of eastern and southeastern Massachusetts. These rocks are metamorphic and igneous and contain no fossils.
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